Octane for Houdini

The Output AOV nodes are the compositor nodes that are designed to be used with the AOVs (Render AOV) system. They provide a way to composite the AOVs together directly in OctaneRender®. The AOV compositing nodes can be found inside a RenderTarget node (figure 1).

Figure 1: Double-clicking to dive into a RenderTarget node

There is an Output AOV default system set up inside the RenderTarget node. After enabling the system in the Output AOV node, Render AOV nodes and Effects nodes can be added to the Layer Group node (figure 2). 

Figure 2: The Output AOV node results from figure 1

There are numerous categories of Output AOV nodes that can be access by right-clicking in the RenderTarget VEX Builder window (figure3). Details on the usage of these nodes can be found in the Octane Standalone documentation under the Output AOVs section. 

Figure 3: Accessing the Output AOV nodes